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Released Under the Official Information Act 1982 1982 Act Information Official the under Document 1 Released with the commercial banks, the latter divesting of their fossil fuel credit extensions, accommodations and investments. We will only do this as a country by talking to one another, by moving together in coordinated fashion with purpose. This is the scale of the problem we face. We needs must be in close contact with foreign experts where we do not possess sufficient knowledge and proffer help where we can in our turn. We require a road map at least in outline of where we are going for New Zealand. It is a full time job for everyone. We need the technology to develop Carbon Capture infrastructure at a scale never seen. Worldwide we need to extract a minimum of 10 billion tonnes per year of Carbon Dioxide (co2) from the atmosphere, as soon as we are able, to stay within sight of 2 degrees centigrade maximum and all the while operating Zero Carbon economies. It may not be possible 10 billion 1982 tonnes is equivalent to steel, concrete and coal combined. We will need to liquify the co2 and sequester it underground(?) the soil(?), the sea bed(?), in crushed rock(?) Act We are on target for at least a 3 degree plus plus centigrade rise by 2100 at the present time. This is likely at minimum a metre and a half sea level rise, if not more by 2100 with a final outcome of eight plus metres or more in two or three centuries. All this must be well known to yourself James as Minister for Climate Change. May I remind you that "winning slowly is like losing outright, it guarantees defeat." . Eugenie Sage, Julie Anne Genter, yourself, Gareth Hughes, Marama Davidson, Chloe Swarbrick and Jan Logie have to move concertedly in a push to explain to other parties the urgency of the situation. The Zero Carbon Act (Bill) is but a step along this Informationroad, it is the start together with New Zealand's Accession to MARPOL APPENDIX SIX and the recent gains in mining and mineral extraction Law. There is a reason that climate scientists, the World wildlife fund (WWF), and other experts around the world are using social media, youtube and traditional media to reach wider publics. The countdown has begun. Official Kicking the can down the road is not acceptable. We have been doing it for three decades or more and in the meantime have increased carbon in the atmosphere by 65 percent. So much for the IPCC and the modelsthe they utilise, so much for successive Conferences of the Parties. As Greta Thunberg said to the UN leaders "you've done nothing". Many people are wanting to know what is coming, and our elected leaders must spell it out together with the plan for New Zealand to succeed. Of course it will change, plans do, but we must start now.under It is no longer a case of growth at any cost. The situation of habitat loss, species loss, is at crisis point. Feeding ourselves could become a crisis point too, if we do not start acting now. The public in all democratic countries will not wait much longer. We are lucky, we have the buffer of distance and relative isolation. It will not last. James Renwick will tell you, Kevin Anderson, Hugh Hunt, Peter Wadhams, James Hanson, Tony Juniper, and many other scientists, too many to name all respected in their fields, will tell you we Releasedneed to act now. Every year missed is a year that will increase the problems we face. We need to be field testing the solar particle reflection technologies, ditto the extraction technologies. We need the budgets in our faces at street level, and we need them now. To act too late would be irresponsible, it would be gross negligence and criminal, an abdication of our responsibilities joint and several. We still have the choice, but only just. Personally, I hope the scientific community is wrong. But even if there is a small chance they're right we must not take the risk we must act now. I would rather be considered alarmist than wait for another year and another year or longer for something to happen. I would rather die on my feet than on my knees. I want my kids and all kids to have a decent shot at life as I have known it. Don't leave it too late. 1982 Nga mihi Thank You Act & Kind Regards Withheld under s9(2)(a) Information Official the under Released Document 2 From: Withheld To: Withheld under s9(2)(a) Subject: RE: Watch - Teen activist on climate change: If we don"t do anything right now, we"re screwed" Date: Monday, 18 March 2019 5:15:25 PM Attachments: image001.jpg Withheld under s9(2)(a) Kia ora Withhel , d under Please find attached a response to your email below, sent on behalf of Hon James Shaw. Kind regards Rachel 1982 Withh Rachel | Private Secretary, Climate Change eld Act Office of Hon James Shaw Minister for Climate Change | Minister of Statistics | Associate Minister of Finance Level 7, Bowen House, Parliament Buildings, 80 Lambton Quay | Private Bag 18041 | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand Withheld under s9(2)(a) From: Withheld under s9(2)(a) Sent: Monday, 24 December 2018 9:30 AM Information To: Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern <.@.. >; J Shaw (MIN) <.@.. >; J Ardern (MIN) <.@.. > Cc: G Robertson (MIN) <.@.. >; Hon David Parker <.@.. > Subject: Watch - Teen activist on climate change:Official If we don't do anything right now, we're screwed" Hey Team, Can we get some movement on Climate and Environment? Not just signing of international agreements. No working groupthe required, the science has been done for 200 years. Joseph Fourier in 1824. Just crack on with a roll-out planning team, get some ex NZDF person to plan logistics, like done for Pike River. Here is some examples:under •Stop subsidies to fossil fuels, make that industry pay up front for the externalised costs that the tax payer has been paying for decades. You know, costs like dying from pollution. •Incentivise private EVs, batteries, solar, at equal and opposite levels to the fossil oligarchs, so the bad rich are hit not the struggling middle or poor. •Grid scale EVs, batteries, solar for all Government departments, NZDF needs sorting for sure. Released•Encourage building of soils, don't believe federated farmers that they know what they are doing, they don't. Permaculture can employ and feed orders of magnitude more people than cows can. Regional funding grants anyone? Landcorp anyone? Soil is more important, billions of trees maybe a result of a building soil policy. Pretty sure Dr Mike Joy would say something like this. You lot have got to stay in after the next election. Lets get the messaging straight, the right outperforms the left - always - on messaging, why? Put some effort in to messaging for ..... sake. Often the down to earth obvious point, the sound bite that the average Kiwi will understand is missed. Also, why all the dumb mistakes, looking at you Labour, ugh! How about keeping the boss (PM) informed, have a PMs' critical information requirement list made. I can provide a few for the list, but pretty sure a quick google search on silly mistakes made will get things started. Anyway, here is a 15 year old doing more than New Zealand on Climate. https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-fifteen-year-old-climate-activist-who-is- demanding-a-new-kind-of-politics 1982 Watch "Greta Thunberg" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQbz6u1CyABskXzDhav3vxw Act Jacinda is pretty cool though. Kind Regards Withheld under s9(2)(a) Palmy Information Official the under Released Document 3 From: Withheld To: underMinisterials s9(2) Subject: FW: Declaration of a Climate Emergency -Withheld Date: Tuesday, 9 April 2019 3:03:01 PM under Kia ora Ministerials, Please draft a response to the email below. Please let me know if you don't think a response is appropriate, or if this message can be responded to through an acknowledgement email (which I can send out) rather than a letter 1982 from the Minister. I make this initial assessment in the office, but sometimes it's not obvious what the best formAct of response is until the message is considered in more detail. Nga mihi, Rachel Withheld under From: s9(2)(a) Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2019 11:39 AM To: Withheld under s9(2)(a) Information Subject: FW: Declaration of a Climate Emergency - Zel Whiting Hi Rachel Are you happy for me to transfer this? Official Thanks Arna the From: Withheld under s9(2)(a) Sent: Sunday, 7 April 2019 4:39 PM To: Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern <[email protected] > Subject: Declaration of a Climate Emergency -Withheld under under s9(2)(a) Dear Prime Minister Ardern, My name is Withheld ; I am 13 years old and live in Australia. I am part of the Fridays for Future under s9(2)(a) international youth movement with Greta Thunberg and Sophie Hanford (you have met) I love nature and like to make documentaries about Australian wildlife from Quolls to Giant Cuttlefish. Recently I’ve learnt to understand that all of these beautiful animals and plants we have marvelled are under critical threat from climate change, and government inaction, as are Releasedwe as a species. Like many people, I have known of Climate Change as an abstract thing but not comprehended what’s happening because of it. I believe this stems from a lack of education and urgency.
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